11:02 PM,
May 10, 2013

Ramon Fernandez, a driver with AAAA Taxi in Haverstraw, and other taxi drivers want to be able to park their cars downtown.

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As he stopped by a downtown office one recent afternoon to speak with his friends, Ramon Fernandez couldn't help peeking through the window to check on his car parked on the street.

He and his fellow taxi drivers have been getting too many parking tickets to afford another, said Fernandez, 62, a cabbie the past eight years.

Haverstraw village law does not allow taxicabs to park or stand in any metered parking spot on Main Street, New Main Street or Broadway, or within one block of those streets except for the areas that are designated for taxicabs. ...